Angkor Wat, Shin Deep Mud and the Killing Fields of Cambodia – This and That

Angkor Wat, Shin Deep Mud and the Killing Fields of Cambodia – This and That

I am obsessed with the way ice is delivered. Every day, a truck or van or bike comes by with a giant block of ice. Street vendors, restaurants and individuals come up, tell the ice man how much they want and he proceeds to saw it off with a rusty …
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Cochin: Backwater Tours, Traditional Dance, Chinese Fishing Nets and Jew Town

Cochin: Backwater Tours, Traditional Dance, Chinese Fishing Nets and Jew Town

Our march south continued with a stop in Cochin in the state of Kerala, which is one of the most romanticized cities in India. Occupied by the Portuguese and Dutch for hundreds of years before moving to British control, the city has a European feel: especially in the architecture and …
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